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and tail covers, is either brimstone-yellow or yel- 

 lowish-white, so as to give the appearance of irre- 

 gular stripes ; most of these feathers, also, are black 

 close to the yellow portion. The feathers of the 

 crown and hind head are black tipt with red ; the 

 ears, sides of the head, and the front, are entirely 

 red ; the sides of the neck are white, the feathers 

 with black edgings. The ground colour of the chin 

 and throat is whitish, which gradually becomes 

 brimstone yellow; the red spots are thick on the 

 chin, and then begin to be more remote on the breast 

 and middle of the body ; in all which parts they 

 occupy only the outer half of each feather. The 

 wings and tail are dark brown ; the lesser covers 

 have some white edgings ; the lesser quills are edged 

 with a line of yellow, and so are the tail-feathers ; 

 bill and feet dark ; the former has two distinct but 

 unequal notches. 



So much confusion has been introduced into this 

 genus in the Systema Avium^ either by the unne- 

 cessary changing of names, or by uniting different 

 species under one, that we do not consider this part 

 of the work as of any authority. 



Total length, 6 J inches ; bill, from the gape, ^ ; 

 wings, 3 ; tail, from the base, 2 ; tarsus, . 



